Courses, workshops, and collaborative learning.

Holly Painter is an award-winning, student-centered teacher whose courses blend creative practice, research, and public-facing work. Her classes invite students to write, question, and build new frameworks for understanding culture, labor, and climate.

Recent courses include:

• Climate Change in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Should We Settle Space?
• Harry Potter
• At Work in America: Oral & Written Histories
• Creative Writing

Holly Painter is the Director of the Center for Research on Vermont and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English. Since joining the UVM faculty in 2016, Holly has taught courses in writing, literature, and oral history in programs across UVM including the Patrick Leahy Honors College, the Arts and Creativity Learning Community, the Liberal Arts Scholars Program, and the Liberal Arts in Prison Program. She was awarded the 2020 Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award.

Holly has also served as the Interim Coordinator of the Graduate Writing Center and the Interim Director of the Undergraduate Writing Center. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the South Burlington Public Library.